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| Saudis Discover Terrorist Training Camps | ||
| 2004-01-15 | ||
Saudi authorities have discovered a number of camps outside Saudi cities used for training militants to carry out terror operations, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.
"I can say no more" The latest find is part of a widespread crackdown the Saudi government launched on Islamic militants and al-Qaida cells following the May suicide bombings. Hundreds of suspects have been arrested, and the government has urged wanted persons to surrender. On Nov. 8, another suicide attack on a Riyadh housing compound killed 17 people. Saudi officials have said their country may have been infiltrated by members of al-Qaida. Well, thats one word for it. Late Wednesday, Crown Prince Abdullah reiterated the kingdom’s opposition to extremism, saying "moderation is the right path."
"Kill jews and other infidels somewhere else." | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #10 I am shocked, shocked, I tell you, to learn that terrorism is going on in these premises. or words to that effect.... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2004-1-15 5:49:05 PM |
| #9 I wonder if these were the same "terrorist training camps" we kept an eye on as far back as the early 1980's... They were also used to train PLO, Hamas, Hizbollah, and other "friendlies" - friendlies to Saudi Arabia, and hostile to Israel (and the United States by association), that is. There were probable training camps in more than 20 countries in the Mideast and Africa, including Syria, Lebanon, (formerly in Iraq), Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, (formerly in Afghanistan), Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Libya, and Algeria. I'm sure there are similar training sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. The Algerian sites were mostly along the southern border with Morocco, and led to the creation of the Berm - a dirt wall over a hundred miles long that helped put a stop to Algerian terror attacks in what used to be Spanish Morocco. Some were literally "camps" - no permanent structures. Others had permanent buildings, special training sites that included target buildings, training grounds, firing ranges, even aircraft fuselages. Some were run by the local governments, others were run "with the blessing" of locals. At one time in the early 1980's, there were more than 300 such camps. Many were used to train "freedom fighters" to be sent to Afghanistan to fight the invading Soviet army. "Stern", the German magazine, had a large article on these camps back in the mid-1980's that included photographs of groups going through the training. The whole Middle East should be declared a toxic waste site, and cleaned up by the members of the civilized world. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-15 11:18:01 AM |
| #8 .... Abdullah called on Saudis to follow the "wise, moderate Islamic line,".... Ah, 'moderation' is such a relative term. But if you don't understand the meaning of 'moderation' we'll send the matahwa around to beat it into you. |
| Posted by: gass 2004-1-15 11:01:01 AM |
| #7 They never use the scare quotes when they should.How hard it is to hide terrorist camps in the open desert? |
| Posted by: El Id 2004-1-15 10:48:21 AM |
| #6 Saudi authorities have discovered a number of camps outside Saudi cities used for training militants to carry out terror operations, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday. Maybe if they concentrated more on regular policework instead of policework of the religious kind..... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:01:30 AM |
| #5 I am shocked, shocked, I tell you, to learn that terrorism is going on in these premises. or words to that effect.... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2004-1-15 5:49:05 PM |
| #4 I wonder if these were the same "terrorist training camps" we kept an eye on as far back as the early 1980's... They were also used to train PLO, Hamas, Hizbollah, and other "friendlies" - friendlies to Saudi Arabia, and hostile to Israel (and the United States by association), that is. There were probable training camps in more than 20 countries in the Mideast and Africa, including Syria, Lebanon, (formerly in Iraq), Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, (formerly in Afghanistan), Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Libya, and Algeria. I'm sure there are similar training sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. The Algerian sites were mostly along the southern border with Morocco, and led to the creation of the Berm - a dirt wall over a hundred miles long that helped put a stop to Algerian terror attacks in what used to be Spanish Morocco. Some were literally "camps" - no permanent structures. Others had permanent buildings, special training sites that included target buildings, training grounds, firing ranges, even aircraft fuselages. Some were run by the local governments, others were run "with the blessing" of locals. At one time in the early 1980's, there were more than 300 such camps. Many were used to train "freedom fighters" to be sent to Afghanistan to fight the invading Soviet army. "Stern", the German magazine, had a large article on these camps back in the mid-1980's that included photographs of groups going through the training. The whole Middle East should be declared a toxic waste site, and cleaned up by the members of the civilized world. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-15 11:18:01 AM |
| #3 .... Abdullah called on Saudis to follow the "wise, moderate Islamic line,".... Ah, 'moderation' is such a relative term. But if you don't understand the meaning of 'moderation' we'll send the matahwa around to beat it into you. |
| Posted by: gass 2004-1-15 11:01:01 AM |
| #2 They never use the scare quotes when they should.How hard it is to hide terrorist camps in the open desert? |
| Posted by: El Id 2004-1-15 10:48:21 AM |
| #1 Saudi authorities have discovered a number of camps outside Saudi cities used for training militants to carry out terror operations, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday. Maybe if they concentrated more on regular policework instead of policework of the religious kind..... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:01:30 AM |